AN: I do not own the Teen Titans, for if I did I would never let it go off the air!

Chapter 6: The Secret Spot

Raven had never really been outside of Jump City, not without a purpose that is. Beast Boy was far outside the city and soon he was on a back road. She grew a little nervous and hoped he knew where he was going. It was dark and she didn't have a clue as to where they were. Her window was down and she hung her arm out to feel the warm, night air. Then she smelt salt and felt the air grow a little cooler. Beast Boy turned off of the road and right into a parking lot. Raven was amazed to see that it was a beach parking lot.

"A beach?" she asked unimpressed.

"Just wait," said Beast Boy driving through the parking lot. He drove across the parking lot and went down a road that went up a hill. It was barely a road, but the T-car had no problem climbing it. It led them up to a small clearing that dropped off onto the beach and Beast Boy stopped. "This is the spot."

Beast Boy parked facing the ocean. The view was so wide that you could actually see the curve of the Earth. Every star seemed to be dusted over the horizon. With the car turned off all they could hear was the sound of the ocean. There weren't any buildings or roads in sight. The only lights they could see were the stars and a distant light house. It was as if the rest of the world wasn't even around.

"So… what do you think?" asked Beast Boy nervously.

"It's… beautiful, you were right," said Raven. She was quite shocked at how right he really was. It was a special place, a place that rarely existed anymore. She now knew why he didn't want her to tell anyone about it. It was that type of place you only want your good friends to know about and no one else.

She passed out the food and they ate. The smell of the sea air made the food taste even better, they didn't know why.

"There's nothing better than mixing fast food and the outdoors," said Beast Boy. "It's like balancing nature and technology."

"That's very deep," said Raven trying not to laugh. "You've got ketchup on your chin."

Beast Boy grabbed a napkin and wiped it away. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"I'm really glad you let me take you here," said Beast Boy. "I just feel that out of all the Titans, you're the only one I don't really have a deep friendship with. I mean, Robin's my good friend, Starfire's my great friend, and Cyborg's my best friend. You've just been my… friend."

"You know that I'm not really good friends with anyone," said Raven. "I have equal friendships with all of you."

"It sure doesn't feel that way. I feel as if we're just… roommates; roommates that are constantly butting heads."

"We're just two different people, Beast Boy. I mean, you can't expect oil and water to mix well."

"I don't think we're that different. I mean, we both loved that movie."

"That's because it was made to please everyone. I'm sure Cyborg, Robin, and Starfire would love it too if they saw it."

"So you don't think that we have anything in common?"

"Well, can you think of anything?"

Beast Boy thought for a moment. "We both like fast food."

"I said that I only eat it once in a while."

"So do I! You know me, mister tofu. Uh, we both grew up outside of the U.S."

"So did Starfire."

"Oh yeah." Beast Boy didn't think that it would really be this hard to think of something that they both had in common. Not only that, but something the others hadn't been through. Then it occurred to him. The most obvious thing of all. "We've both been betrayed and had our hearts broken." He wasn't sure how she would respond to this, but it was the truth.

Raven froze for a moment and realized that he was right. "Okay, we do have that in common."

"Sorry, I know I shouldn't have said it, but it was the only thing that came to my mind."

"Hey, you can't do anything about the truth. And you succeeded in finding something that we have in common. I salute you." She raised her lemonade and then slurped through the straw.

Beast Boy laughed and drank as well. "It kinda sucks that that is the one thing we have in common. And we have this place, as long as you don't tell anybody about it."

"I won't."

"Do you swear?"

"I swear; I'll never tell anyone about this place. It's too special. I would hate to see it turn into the next teen make out point."

Beast Boy felt relieved. He knew he could trust Raven. He was also happy that he had actually impressed her with something. She really did like this place and that meant that he didn't have to go out there alone anymore. He felt so lonely, plus he would have to fly there and sit on the ground. He definitely liked sitting in a car with another person better.

"That was good," said Beast Boy finishing his last fry. He packed all of his trash into one of the paper bags and finished off his soda. "Cyborg's gonna kill me when he smells fast food in here."

"Oh well. He can get right over it. It's just a car."

"Yeah, but it's his baby."

"I know." Raven was sick of hearing Cyborg talk about his "baby" and was actually happy to contribute to the fast food smell.

"I feel so hyper right now," said Beast Boy smiling and turning to Raven.

"I knew you shouldn't have gotten a soda."

Beast Boy opened his door and got out. "I'll be right back." He ran to the edge of the clearing and jumped off. Raven was shocked and jumped out of the car. She ran to the edge and looked over to see him slowly sliding down the sand to the beach.

"What the hell are you doing?" she screamed.

"Burning off that soda," he called back. He began to run down the beach and went right to the water. He took his shoes off and let his feet get wet.

Raven couldn't believe what he was doing. She watched as he ran around and kicked the water all around. She wasn't sure what to do. She sighed and flew down to the beach.

"Come to join me?" he asked with a smile.

"Are you about finished?" asked Raven crossing her arms.

"Not yet," he said and kicked the water near her. She backed away and tried to remain calm. She really didn't want to yell at him. "You should really try it."

"No thank you."

"Come on, Raven. Haven't you ever run along the shore at the beach?"

"No."

Beast Boy stopped and stared at her with wide eyes, his jaw dropping. "What? You've never felt the ocean on your bare feet? You've never felt sand between your toes? You've got to be kidding me!"

"I'm not."

"But it's the best feeling in the world! Especially at night." He then walked over to her with a determined look.

"What are you doing?" she asked nervously.

"You are going to feel the ocean." He lunged for her feet, but she quickly lifted off the ground.

"I don't think s-AHH!" she screamed as Beast Boy jumped up and wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her to the ground. She hit the sand and Beast Boy quickly pulled her shoes off. He scrambled away from her, her shoes in hand.

"Ha! Now get into that ocean," he demanded.

"Give me back my shoes this instant!" she yelled. She crawled up off the sand and went running after him. He quickly threw her shoes in two different directions. Raven couldn't believe what he had done. "You idiot! It's pitch black outside, I'll never find them!"

"I'll find them for you, but you have to touch the water first."

Raven growled and turned away from him and towards the ocean. She stomped over, let the tips of her toes get wet and then turned back around. "There, are you hap-AHH!" Beast Boy had run into her and pushed her further into the water so that her feet were submerged.

"There! Now tell me that doesn't feel awesome," he said triumphantly, still holding onto her.

"What the hell?" she screeched. "What the hell is wrong with you?" She pushed him off of her and stared at him in shock. Beast Boy suddenly knew that he had gone too far and had probably just ruined any friendship he would have had with her. But she suddenly bent down to the water and splashed a huge wave of water onto him. "There! Now tell me that doesn't feel awesome!"

"Oh, you are so goin down!" he said and splashed her back.

She screamed and laughed and tried to run away, but the cold, salt water splashed her. She kicked some back at him and this only engaged the two of them in a water fight. They kicked and splashed each other unmercifully. Raven splashed a large amount at him and got him right in the eyes. He gave a small yelp and grabbed his burning eyes. Raven gasped and covered her mouth.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," she said going to him.

He suddenly dropped his hands, smiled, and tackled her into the water with a scream. Now they were both soaking wet and cold, but it didn't matter. The adrenaline was pumping and they barely noticed the cold. The splashing continued with even more force now that they were both wet and it didn't matter how much water they splashed onto each other. But within a few minutes the cold did set in and they were both shivering.

"Okay, I th-th-think I'm d-d-done," said Raven wading out of the water and onto the beach.

"Y-y-yeah m-me t-t-too," said Beast Boy following her out. He grabbed his dry shoes and saw Raven looking around for hers. "I'll f-f-find 'em." Beast Boy gave his shoes to her and turned into a dog. He sniffed around and followed the trail to one shoe and then another. He brought them back to her and the two flew up to the car.

"We c-can't just g-g-get into th-the car s-s-soaking wet," said Raven holding her arms. "Cyborg w-w-would never f-forgive you."

"M-m-me?" he asked. "W-w-what about you?"

"L-l-like he'd b-b-believe I would g-get soaking wet w-w-willingly."

They stood outside of the car, shaking and suddenly realizing that playing around in the ocean wasn't the best idea. Not when you had someone else's car. They really weren't sure of what to do.

"M-m-maybe th-there's s-some extra c-c-clothes in th-the t-trunk," said Beast Boy going to the back of the car.

"I high-l-l-ly d-doubt it," said Raven following him.

"Well it d-d-doesn't hurt t-t-t-o look," he said opening the trunk. He looked around and to their great surprise they found two large sweatshirts. They guessed that Cyborg must have kept them just incase he wanted to go somewhere without being noticed. "Awesome." Beast Boy pulled them out, handed one to Raven, and started to take off his shirt.

"And w-w-w-what exactly am I s-s-supposed t-t-to d-d-do w-with thissss?" asked Raven.

"Uh, t-t-take off y-your w-w-wet c-clothes and p-put it on," said Beast Boy slipping the warm, dry sweatshirt on. It was huge on him and he felt like a little kid all over again.

"Y-you're j-j-joking, right?" she asked seriously.

"Hey, I'm n-n-not f-forcing you," said Beast Boy slipping off his wet pants. "But if you g-g-get Cyborg's c-car wet th-then you g-g-get all the b-blame." He threw his wet clothes into the trunk.

"I am n-not riding home in n-n-nothing b-but a large s-s-sweatshirt," said Raven.

"Well I am," he said with a smile and went to get into the car.

Raven sighed angrily and said, "Well d-d-don't look!"

"Fine," he said and got in.

She placed the sweatshirt on, the bottom of it went to her knees, and she slipped her wet shirt and pants off. She threw them into the trunk and then got into the car with Beast Boy.

"There, now don't you feel better?" he asked starting the car.

"Let's just go home," she said suddenly feeling tired. She reclined her seat and closed her eyes. She tucked her knees under the large sweatshirt, curled up, and by the time Beast Boy pulled out of the parking lot she had fallen asleep.

As Beast Boy made his way back to the tower he looked over at the sleeping Raven. Her hair was still damp and he could tell that it was going to be hell to comb out the tangles. She had stopped shaking and one of her knees had slipped out of the sweatshirt. The street lights lit up her pale body every five seconds and made her glow. He smiled to himself and genuinely thought that maybe they would have a better friendship now.